Published>Thu, Oct 07 10 11:57 PM
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The Congress Thursday sought to downplay the remarks of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about his government not being a puppet and the state's accession not being a merger, saying that no party should do anything that impedes betterment of the situation in the state.
Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said he did not know in what context Abdullah had made the statement.
He said the all-party delegation to Kashmir had a very good impact on the ground situation and no party should make any remarks which can impede the process of return to normalcy.
Another party leader Digvijay Singh said there was nothing wrong in Abdullah saying that he was not a puppet.
'What should he say? Should he say he is a puppet? After all he is an elected chief minister of a state,' Singh said.
Singh said in a federal system, the chief minister has his own views.
The chief minister reportedly told the state assembly Wednesday that the state had acceded to India and not merged with it as some of the other princely states of the country, triggering protests from the BJP.
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